How to use owl in a sentence

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• She's traipsed off to Borneo to see the lesser spotted pygmy owl, or something like that.From the entry lesser spotted
• I heard the hoot of an owl. Whoo, whoo!From the entry hoot
• Owls prey on small mammals, such as mice.From the entry prey on
• Owls are rockstars among raptors in the respect that they hunt amazingly well while also doing it under pitch-dark conditions and silently.From the entry rockstar
• Two barred owls, lugubrious and beautiful, call across a great distance.2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 546. From the entry barred owl
• At a hundred and thirty pounds, Altman is poised as a clothespin, fierce as a horned owl.2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker. From the entry clothespin
• And if I should ask a parliament of owls, what might they say?2015 January 5, Desmond Mattocks, “Seeking Meaning”, in The Last Word of America: The World in Context of America, Bloomington, Ind.…. From the entry parliament
• Did those small creatures scuffling over leaves and roots hear the owls calling, and tremble in fear?2014, James Robertson, 365: Stories. From the entry strigine
• Perched tailorwise on the bed, I myself stared like an owl into the gloom.2014, Peter De Vries, The Tunnel of Love, page 126. From the entry tailorwise
• Night owls are least alert in the morning, most alert at night.2009, Martin Reite, Michael Weissberg, John Ruddy, “Appendix 2: Patient Handouts”, in Clinical Manual for Evaluation and Treatment of…. From the entry night owl
• A courting owl hoots in the somewheres of the night and another answers its call further off.2008, Bill Watkins, The Once and Future Celt, page 283. From the entry somewhere
• Bush worships a 40' stone owl and thinks that he, G Dubya Bush, is God.2006 December 26, humbubba, “Hey, Bush, who's our enemy today?”, in alt.politics (Usenet), retrieved 22 Aug 2022. From the entry witchism
• Other birds, such as the emblematically distinctive huia and the laughing owl, followed soon after.2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 185. From the entry laughing owl
• 'Cause the owls only call out when something happens the rest of us can't understand.2003, Paul Lathan, chapter 6, in The Cemetery Within, Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 36. From the entry shrill
• But the spotted owl isn't at the top of the food chain.1994, Cascade Holistic Economic Consultants, Different drummer magazine, volume 1, number 1, page 22. From the entry owling
• Instead, the larger great horned owl will eat spotted owls, owlings, or eggs whenever it can.1994, Cascade Holistic Economic Consultants, Different drummer magazine, volume 1, number 1, page 22. From the entry owling
• What he expected to find I cannot imagine , unless it was a wisdom of owls.1974, Margery Weiner, Answering Any Questions: How to Set Up an Information Office, Newton Abbot : David and Charles [for] the "Daily…. From the entry wisdom
• Birds are as popular as animals in the toy kingdom, especially pigeons, owls and domestic hens.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 54. From the entry animal
• I got a closing at four o'clock in the Chrysler building and I'm boiled as an owl.1965, Herman Wouk, Don't Stop the Carnival, page 56. From the entry boiled
• By 9 A.M., however, all but the most insomniac of the night owls were taking a catnap.1963 August 19, Charlotte Curtis, “Newport Debut Revelry Carries Over to 2d Day”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York…. From the entry catnap
• This owl imitated Trumpkin’s voice rather well, and there were sounds of owlish laughter all round.1953, C. S. Lewis, chapter 4, in The Silver Chair, Collins, published 1998. From the entry owlish
• The screech owls winter in the north and are distinctly farsighted in preparing for winter.1911, Anna Botsford Comstock, Handbook of Nature Study, 24th edition, published 1939, page 102. From the entry screech owl
• An owl cried among the silent Spanish chestnuts on the slope outside.1908 October, Perceval Landon, “Thurnley Abbey”, in McClure’s Magazine, volume XXXI, number 6, New York, N.Y.; London: S[amuel] S[idney]…. From the entry chestnut
• And I started doing things that still haunt me-- The wanted me to destroy my neighbor's fake owl.2026 April 12, Shane Kosakowski, “Crowmaster” (11:21 from the start), in Universal Basic Guys, season 2, episode 18, spoken by Dr. Michael…. From the entry minifig
• Around Soham, all was quiet apart from the occasional owl hoot and the slow passage of the train.2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42. From the entry owl hoot
• Owl when explaining something to a dim-witted Kindergärtner.2021 December 22, Marga T [pseudonym; Marga Tjoa], “The Scissors of Syafruddin”, in If Only: A Memoir, Jakarta: Gramedia Pustaka Utama…. From the entry kindergärtner
• This owl nests mostly in cavities in trees.2017, Olivier Claessens, Nyls de Pracontal, Johan Ingels, “The Owls of French Guiana”, in Paula L. Enríquez, editor, Neotropical Owls…. From the entry awara
• As fortune has it, kingbirds, like owls, lack a grinding gizzard and regurgitate hard fragments from their meals.2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press,, →ISBN, page 29. From the entry gizzard
• When night owls try to sleep at socially acceptable times, they have a hard time falling asleep and complain of insomnia.2009, Martin Reite, Michael Weissberg, John Ruddy, “Appendix 2: Patient Handouts”, in Clinical Manual for Evaluation and Treatment of…. From the entry night owl
• Then a pair of Morepork owls began a duet.2008, David Stirling, “Belly Up in the Kauri Trees”, in Birds, Beasts and a Bike under the Southern Cross, Victoria, B.C.: Agio Publishing…. From the entry morepork
• From dusk to sun-up and from forest to suburban garden, this medium-sized owl emphatically calls for "more pork."2008, David Stirling, “Belly Up in the Kauri Trees”, in Birds, Beasts and a Bike under the Southern Cross, Victoria, B.C.: Agio Publishing…. From the entry morepork
• He was a night owl by nature.1995, Peter Rand, China Hands, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 269. From the entry Yung-an
• Environmentalists have used the owl as a stalking horse to save the last 10% of old-growth forest in the Northwest.1992 May 25, “One for The Loggers”, in Time, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2014. From the entry stalking horse
• Why should the owl treat the cuckoo thus?1964, David Stephen, Scottish Wild Life, page 52. From the entry footful
• Owls see well in the dark and hunt at night, but hawks and falcons are active during the day.1946, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Wildlife in North Carolina, N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission, page 28. From the entry midair
• “I heard a squinch owl that night.” T.P. said.1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury. From the entry squinch owl
• Outside an owl was hooting most dismally in the darkness.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)…. From the entry hoot
• Robinsons Friday, the mighty Nimrod of New Millport, has succeeded in bagging 47 whistle pigs, 16 squirrels and a screech owl.1921 October 12, “News of Our Neighbors – New Millport”, in The Clearfield Progress, page 2. From the entry whistle pig
• In Australia and Samoa the kangaroo, the crow and the owl premonish their fellow clansmen of events to come.1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 56. From the entry premonish

Meaning of owl

1. noun Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes, families Strigidae and Tytonidae, that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing.
2. noun A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active.
3. noun An owl pigeon.

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Questions about owl in a sentence

How do you use owl in a sentence?

Owl is used as a noun and verb. For example: “She's traipsed off to Borneo to see the lesser spotted pygmy owl, or something like that.”

What is a short sentence with owl?

“He was a night owl by nature.”

What does owl mean?

Owl means any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes, families Strigidae and Tytonidae, that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing.